Spanish English Dictionary

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apretar

in English:

1. tighten

Tighten those braids, missy.To turn the lid on a jar is an example of tighten.Which tool would you use to tighten a screw? I'd use a screw-driver to tighten a screw.tighten the nutstightening some screws

2. to squeeze

Squeeze the lemon over the fish.Squeeze the lemon.Squeeze this ball for 30 seconds to calm down.Try it with a squeeze of lemon instead of butter and see how the flavour bursts through.[verb] - to press something hard, especially from all sides in order to change its shape or remove liquid from it